Hitler Mussolini Meet in Rome Aims and Reactions
The Rome meeting signals tentative alignment as Italy seeks to preserve independence in Czechoslovakia and Mediterranean plans while Germany presses for colonies. Mussolini favors a four power peace approach and shows cautious stance on a full military alliance. Pope Pius warns against Nazi symbols amid arrivals at the Quirinal palace and Naples naval review alongside widespread fascist pageantry.
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Hitler
Il Duce
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Italy
Mediterranean
Africa
Britain
France
Mussolini
Rome
England
Fuehrer
Spain
Quirinal Palace
Victor Emmanuel
von Ribbentrop
Ciano
Naples
Pope Pius
Castel Gandolfo
Holy Cross
Roosevelt Drives Large Navy Expansion Through Senate
The Senate passed President Roosevelt’s 1.157 billion naval bill by 56 to 28, authorizing a major expansion to build the strongest ships yet. The measure limits future battleships to 35 000 tons unless foreign powers exceed treaty limits, then authorizes super-dreadnoughts of 45 000 tons armed with 18 inch guns.
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Roosevelt
Senate
United States
Soapy Smith’s Skagway Robbery Plot Thwarted
The notorious Soapy Smith and his gang plotted a $200,000 Northwest Mounted Police shipment robbery in Skagway during the Yukon gold rush. The plan collapsed when Royal Navy reserves intervened at the dock, saving Inspectors Wood and two constables and their cargo.
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Soapy” Smith
West Coast
Soapy
Yukon
Skagway
Might
Northwest Mounted Police
Lake Bennet Post
Victoria
British Columbia
the Mounted
Mounted
Yukon Territory
Inspector Wood
Dyea
Northwest
Royal Naval Reserve
Spector
My Birthday Visitor Joseph OmecuU And A Candy Wish
A seven year old neighbor Joseph visits on a birthday after rain. He imagines being Tarzan and Aladdin and asks a genie to build a fine house for his mother, pay bills, and deliver gifts including a motorcycle and a five pound box of candy. He also offers to share candy with the narrator.
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Ireland
Hyde D. Douglas Hyde
Irish Free State
Hyde
Joseph
Tarzan
Dizzy Dean
Laddin
Baseball announcer Avoids the word beautiful in weather and plays
A Kansas City Star excerpt notes a baseball announcer who described an entire game without saying beautiful about the weather crowd or plays. It also mentions a reserved book reviewer and a neighbor who oversteps boundaries while shoveling snow or mowing. It recalls relatives who refrained from teasing a young man about his dating status.
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Kansas City Star
Wise and Otherwise: Bright Sides and Smart Birds
A compact moral sketch notes folk who chase optimism and wealth. It highlights big men securing top jobs while small men are overlooked yet suggests clever people seize money. A lazy man buys a Great Dane to avoid stooping, implying irony about effort and reward.
Village in Wales Named Long Local Phrase
A Welsh village bears a famously long name meaning Church of St Mary by the Pool of White Hazels near the swift whirlpool of St Tysilio near the Red Cave. The quirky appellation evokes romance and beauty and draws visitor interest.
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Goger
Chwynn Drobwill
Tysilio Gogogoch
Tysilio
Red Cave
What Knows He of England Who Only England Knows
Globe trotter Harry A. Franck recalls English vocabulary quirks from his British Isles trip. He notes many common American terms have different English equivalents such as vest for undershirt, crackers for firecrackers, and gasoline called petrol, with examples across clothing, food, and daily chores.
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Illiam S. Knudsen
General Motors
United States Chamber of Commerce
Knudsen
National Labor Relations Board
Chamber of Commerce
England
Harry A. Franck
British Isles
Draper’s
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Association of American Railroads
F. E. Williamson
New York Central
Fred W. Sargent
Northwestern
J. J. Pelley
Association
W.s.knudsen
White House
George H. Davis
Kansas City
John W. O’leary
South Atlantic
Jesse Jones
RFC
Woodring
Chester C. Davis
Federal Reserve Board
Middle West
Corn Belt Liberty League
League
Congress
Adolf Hitler
Douglas Hyde
Soapy Smith
Yates Joseph Omecuu
Fe Convoy Tire
Firestone
Firestone Auto Supply and Service
Firestone Voice
Firestone Convoy
Richard Crooks
Margaret Speaks
Symphony Orchestra
Alfred Wallenstein
N. B.C. Red
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